UK News – Page 239
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NewsFinanciers, producers upbeat about EIS future at Screen’s UK Film Finance Forum
“We have had two and a half years of hell” but the situation is now improving.
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NewsMatthew Macfadyen, Penelope Wilton, Johnny Flynn board ‘Operation Mincemeat’
New cast joining Colin Firth and Kelly Macdonald also includes Tom Wilkinson.
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NewsUK box office preview: ‘Honey Boy’, ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ headline quiet week
‘Frozen II’ will look for a third session at number one.
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NewsNFTS launches first casting course to meet growing demand and boost diversity (exclusive)
UK casting experts Jina Jay and Shaheen Baig helped craft the course.
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NewsArclight strikes major deals led by UK on Daniel Radcliffe thriller ‘Escape From Pretoria’ (exclusive)
Hamilton Entertainment, BeaglePug, Footprint Films, and Enriched Media Group produce Australia-UK co-pro.
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NewsScreen UK Film Finance Forum: experts point to opportunities in the challenging UK market
Speakers at the Screen Finance Forum discussed the polarisation of the market.
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NewsUK films enjoy strong showing in Sundance selection
Line-up includes five BBC Films titles and two from Film4.
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NewsSee-Saw Films hires ‘Killing Eve’ producer Elinor Day
She will help to expand See-Saw Films’ TV slate in the UK.
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NewsBFI’s Creative Content Fund makes first investment with Wonderhood Studios
Fund invests in Wonderhood Studios, headed by former Channel 4 CEO David Abraham.
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NewsStarz greenlights ‘Becoming Elizabeth’ from London’s The Forge
Young Elizabeth I created by British playwright Anya Reiss.
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NewsHBO Max boards London-set AIDS drama 'Boys'
Russell T Davies (Years And Years, A Very English Scandal) wrote, serves as executive producer.
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NewsBFI Distribution takes UK & Ireland on Mark Cousins doc ‘Women Make Film’ (exclusive)
The 14-hour documentary had its world premiere at Toronto 2019.
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NewsSky plans major TV and film studio at Elstree
It will host film productions from Universal Pictures, Focus Features and Working Title, and series from NBCUniversal Content Studios.
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News‘Frozen II’ tops UK box office again as ‘Knives Out’ opens second, ‘Blue Story’ holds well
‘Charlie’s Angels’ matched its US performance with a disappointing start.
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NewsUK’s Raynham Hangar Studios secures £5m investment to expand
The Norfolk site has previously hosted Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir.
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NewsUK head of STX Llewellyn Radley joins BFI’s Mary Burke and Elysian’s Danny Perkins for Screen’s UK Finance Forum
Screen’s UK Film Finance Forum takes place on December 5 at Everyman Broadgate.
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NewsIn pictures: Screen Awards 2019
Winners included Paramount, ‘Bait’, Picturehouse Entertainment.
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NewsRaw, former Film4 exec Katherine Butler joins The Ink Factory
‘American Animals’ producer to join in early 2020.
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News‘For Sama’ wins top prize at 2019 BIFAs
’The Personal History Of David Copperfield’ finished with five awards, the highest of the night, from 11 nominations.
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NewsUK-based winners of Tallinn’s Script Pool talking to Arctic partners for ‘Molly’
Producer and writer are looking for a female UK director.